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today colombia is one of the countries with the largest gold production in south america and one of the most important gold producers in the world. in two thousand and ten it produced approximately fifty four tons while it is estimated that there are still enormous unexplored reserves because. geological knowledge of the country is still limited. but according to research of national interest me talking about forty one thousand tons of gold buried posits. in all of these can be developed. colombia is suffering from gold rush fever. in no other country of the world is this happening in a more intense way. there are people here who have come from all over the country not just from one of insurer but from the entire country but that is because gold is money its wealth its peace for the family its food. life has changed one hundred percent but at least for me the mine has changed my life one hundred percent because before i lived next to the national road. and at the moment of what i see them and now i have a house in one of and tura and now i don't depend on the government to send me five
today colombia is one of the countries with the largest gold production in south america and one of the most important gold producers in the world. in two thousand and ten it produced approximately fifty four tons while it is estimated that there are still enormous unexplored reserves because. geological knowledge of the country is still limited. but according to research of national interest me talking about forty one thousand tons of gold buried posits. in all of these can be developed....
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but to on burden of responsibility, which countries do you envision south america, africa, you wrote about india obviously. in to be applied in and share our objectives? >> interesting brazil has carved out the identity. they always have trouble making arrangements to do missions of brazil. they are more standoffish. because of geography in west africa over the force of a decade so brazil would not be cost file to the united states but it would be independent with its own point* of view. says that may lead to argentina and develop their balance against brazil. it is strategic about the united states has gotten since the cold wear to asia -- from the rise of the cold war. it has been over hyped but within ds 2012 it is the enormous development. of the indian policy establishment would reject it like a diseased germ. with india aware it is on the map with the economic and military rise is against china. we should not get concessions but anchorage development in a way that we can. >> with your presentation of your book with the u.s. and everything here is absolutely clear. speenine. [la
but to on burden of responsibility, which countries do you envision south america, africa, you wrote about india obviously. in to be applied in and share our objectives? >> interesting brazil has carved out the identity. they always have trouble making arrangements to do missions of brazil. they are more standoffish. because of geography in west africa over the force of a decade so brazil would not be cost file to the united states but it would be independent with its own point* of view....
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at the local one but if it is considered one of the largest gold reserves in south america. let's go to the state has long abandoned. the new book but. also companies didn't help society here at all this business with road building this is the supply of water education i mean anything. with a. six . goals with. the experience before theories with the power. to fall short of. the force sponsorship. relations the foreign policy. they are all here to make it possible. to chimp and the flying. wealthy british style stock. markets why not. come to find out what's really happening to the global economy which might stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our feet. and. look. and. look. at. the bag. and. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. or quiet to watch on t.v. all you need. any time.
at the local one but if it is considered one of the largest gold reserves in south america. let's go to the state has long abandoned. the new book but. also companies didn't help society here at all this business with road building this is the supply of water education i mean anything. with a. six . goals with. the experience before theories with the power. to fall short of. the force sponsorship. relations the foreign policy. they are all here to make it possible. to chimp and the flying....
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europe or asia or south america or any place of. this you know is not a probe. those things without prior authorization from. the president. officers everything that. is policy. do you still think it's you watching the t.v. and not the other way around. companies never feel the technology used to make the . owners using a camera and the microphone more on that story. expense for chinese parents is the country's going to introduce a fee if they want. children. in the us germany and the netherlands are deploying patriot missiles along with around twelve hundred troops on turkey's border with syria nato claims the move will protect from a potential strike by its neighbor or the critics a conflict torn syria is unlikely to attack an alliance member. looks at why turkey is so eager to defend itself from its former friend. he may have treated his command bridge for an apartment in istanbul but retired admiral turk or air turk still keeps tabs on his country's foreign policy and he doesn't like what he sees like many turkish patriots the admiral believes his country is
europe or asia or south america or any place of. this you know is not a probe. those things without prior authorization from. the president. officers everything that. is policy. do you still think it's you watching the t.v. and not the other way around. companies never feel the technology used to make the . owners using a camera and the microphone more on that story. expense for chinese parents is the country's going to introduce a fee if they want. children. in the us germany and the...
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america. spain defaulting oil falling to fifty dollars a barrel and the dax plunging more than thirty percent sacks of banks outrageous predictions for next year like an economic apart apocalypse the danish investment bank has published its unofficial projections for next year it says they're pretty unlikely but they'll send shock waves through the global markets if they materialize. now we're talking to the chief economist of fact the bank mr yakob son thanks a lot for joining. me in basically your outlook for next here is shockingly negative what are your main concerns in terms of economic and political events here. i think first of all it's pretty important to stress that this is not a fish of youth and actually every year for the last ten years we made these ten regions colts which one by one if any of them materialize could be upsetting the financial status quo so but in line of that i will say my main concern for next year is actually to do with the social tension i think it's kind of ir
america. spain defaulting oil falling to fifty dollars a barrel and the dax plunging more than thirty percent sacks of banks outrageous predictions for next year like an economic apart apocalypse the danish investment bank has published its unofficial projections for next year it says they're pretty unlikely but they'll send shock waves through the global markets if they materialize. now we're talking to the chief economist of fact the bank mr yakob son thanks a lot for joining. me in basically...
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it is in spain after wars there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated you have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small and two premierships you go to a small. construction area. making clothes in gucci style in florence or making food in bali and export all over the world but it is they've been doing that for a thousand years or so and then you compare it to rome maples in southern italy it's a total disgrace day themselves and say that they live in africa and in fact so this is the problem is the inequality inside the western capitalist system and this inequality is being reproduced by the chinese most of the time i am between those americas north and south europe and china whenever i travel inside china i see the same mistakes they are committing that the west has been committing for the past twenty years and it's basically to apply new liberalism to china alexander you clarkie disagree g
it is in spain after wars there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated you have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small and two premierships you go to a small. construction area. making clothes in gucci style in florence or making food in bali and export all over the world but it is they've been...
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america, direct service into las vegas and that opened up 50 markets in latin america for us and las vegas particularly the cosmopolitan really resonates. dennis: surprising given the fears of global recession that you're getting international guests. when i read about the hotel-casino is almost beside the point. it gets one line in a 13 line paragraph, you have a new ice skating rink. what is going on? >> the casino is a central part of las vegas and that is why people came here and continue to come here. 80% of people to las vegas game. that is an important segment of our business. that being said, what sets casinos and hotels apart are the other amenities. for us it is the guest rooms, residential style guest room with terraces where you can step out on your terrace and engage in las vegas and on the strip in a way that can't be done in other places. in the pool district where the ice rink opened a few weeks ago sits about 100 feet above the strips to you tonight skate and looked down at the strip in the evening, said at a fire pit and watch the movie and next monday we will show
america, direct service into las vegas and that opened up 50 markets in latin america for us and las vegas particularly the cosmopolitan really resonates. dennis: surprising given the fears of global recession that you're getting international guests. when i read about the hotel-casino is almost beside the point. it gets one line in a 13 line paragraph, you have a new ice skating rink. what is going on? >> the casino is a central part of las vegas and that is why people came here and...
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how do you actually know what consumers let's say in south america, africa actually like in terms of fragrances? >> it's imminently linked to the culture of a local country. especially on the state side, especially on the flavor side. so we don't create fragrances and flavors for the indians and the chinese. we have 9,000 people around the world. half of them create the next fragrances and flavors. and out of those 4,500 people, you have roughly 2,000 people who are actually in those countries. they are local people so we are chinese employees, chinese favors, will create those fragrances and flavors for the whole market. because, again, you can't know about the local culture out of switzerland. so you have to by there. and we have there in all of those countries so we do expensive consumer tests. we do expensive consumer insight. we drive the trend and that's helpful to grow in those markets. >> another factor that's created a lot of headache is the strength. how difficult is it to be a globally operating company that's based here in switzerland? >> actually, being a swiss company i
how do you actually know what consumers let's say in south america, africa actually like in terms of fragrances? >> it's imminently linked to the culture of a local country. especially on the state side, especially on the flavor side. so we don't create fragrances and flavors for the indians and the chinese. we have 9,000 people around the world. half of them create the next fragrances and flavors. and out of those 4,500 people, you have roughly 2,000 people who are actually in those...
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america or indeed the middle east and then there's going to be a great push in africa there are countries with rising copulations and rising middle class that demand products and we have expertise that could and should be used trading with them. this is r.t. and thousands of people have marched through the spanish capital with the christmas spirit failing to quell anti austerity sentiment and this time the show of discontent was directed towards education cuts a spanish government remains committed to its strategy of austerity is desperate to avoid the bailout fate of other european nations like greece and portugal and ireland the country though is nearly one hundred and fifty billion euros in debt. now the u.k. government has given the green light to the resumption of the controversial gas drilling technique known as fracking are the methods heavily criticized for its destructive environmental impact including causing massive water pollution and then earthquakes what is probably a biker takes up the story. cordray is the only company with a license to conduct fracking in the u.k. but tha
america or indeed the middle east and then there's going to be a great push in africa there are countries with rising copulations and rising middle class that demand products and we have expertise that could and should be used trading with them. this is r.t. and thousands of people have marched through the spanish capital with the christmas spirit failing to quell anti austerity sentiment and this time the show of discontent was directed towards education cuts a spanish government remains...
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of the metropolitan area of chicago. >> airports are the one thing we do in america that people get when it comes to the partnerships. there's always criticism of this, criticism that the governments don't have money, there are criticisms that governments don't make the rht decisions. the city of chicago famously struggled with its public/private partnership on its parking meters in 2008. the city leased its system to a group of private investigators. they did a poor job of managing the transition. there were steep rate hikes and confusion and it resulted in the downgrade of the city's credit rating. i know that's not one of your projects. >> no, that's right. >> what are the lessons of that type of thing for your own initiatives? >> you got to be very careful. you know, the city also did one with the skyway, a bridge across from chicago to indiana. that was done in a better fashion. if it's not carefully done, it can really backfire. so that's why we take each step and do it in a very reasonable sound way. we're embarking on this. this is brand new for our state of illinois. we do
of the metropolitan area of chicago. >> airports are the one thing we do in america that people get when it comes to the partnerships. there's always criticism of this, criticism that the governments don't have money, there are criticisms that governments don't make the rht decisions. the city of chicago famously struggled with its public/private partnership on its parking meters in 2008. the city leased its system to a group of private investigators. they did a poor job of managing the...
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america or any place of do it legal things that simply call for gratian of what it. is not a pro bill of. those things without prior authorization from congress the president's national security officers everything that. is policy. many britons are preparing for a scad christmas meal with soaring food prices forcing people to ditch holiday delicacies the cost of food up by a third in just five years leaving many families with slim pickings artie's polly boycott reports. do you know what you're putting in your shopping basket health conscious customers might want to stock up on their fruit and vege but what if not getting too expensive for families in the u.k. the cost of that weekly shop has gone up by over a thud over the past five years and it's set to get more expensive still among the healthier fresh meat so you can find chicken breast for five ninety nine per kilogram and you'll freeze and process dennis retailing at one twenty nine in some cases now if you're a struggling household with lots of mouths to feed it's a no brainer britain is now in the midst of a n
america or any place of do it legal things that simply call for gratian of what it. is not a pro bill of. those things without prior authorization from congress the president's national security officers everything that. is policy. many britons are preparing for a scad christmas meal with soaring food prices forcing people to ditch holiday delicacies the cost of food up by a third in just five years leaving many families with slim pickings artie's polly boycott reports. do you know what you're...
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africa brazil is also russia's largest trade partner in south america currently the trade turnover stands at around six and a half billion u.s. dollars it's not that much compared to say russia's european partners but the two want to see this figure exceed ten billion two years there's great potential for that there's already working projects in the spheres of energy aviation car manufacturing and so on before coming to moscow from brazil madame president reminded that she supports both gary and for her this trip is sort of a return to her slavic roots it's also her birthday today so there are definitely great expectations from this trip and from this meeting and of course we'll report about it as soon as it happens here in moscow later on friday. to some other international news in brief now susan rice has withdrawn her name from contention for the post of u.s. secretary of state she's been under fire for my republicans off the head michelle comments on the deadly raid on the american consulate in benghazi she claimed it had not been a terrorist attack then makes senator john kerry the f
africa brazil is also russia's largest trade partner in south america currently the trade turnover stands at around six and a half billion u.s. dollars it's not that much compared to say russia's european partners but the two want to see this figure exceed ten billion two years there's great potential for that there's already working projects in the spheres of energy aviation car manufacturing and so on before coming to moscow from brazil madame president reminded that she supports both gary...
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america or indeed the middle east and then there's going to be a great push in africa there are countries with rising populations and rising middle class that demand products we have expertise that could and should be used trading with them. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says it expects to reach an agreement with iran in turn spags the part of china military complex which has come under suspicion of a potential atomic activities the way will meet officials from tehran next twelve to try to finalize a deal and western intelligence agencies believe the area was once he used by iran to conduct tests of explosives with nuclear elements while powers are seeking to resolve a long running dispute over the country's nuclear ambitions wisht iran says are for peaceful purposes only the country is suffering under severe sanctions as well as other trade restrictions from the you ask canada britain the you. know when to tell all to find out how people that feel about their nation's standoff with the west. three decades of pride followed by three years of mourning when i'm in syria met her future husband a
america or indeed the middle east and then there's going to be a great push in africa there are countries with rising populations and rising middle class that demand products we have expertise that could and should be used trading with them. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says it expects to reach an agreement with iran in turn spags the part of china military complex which has come under suspicion of a potential atomic activities the way will meet officials from tehran next twelve to try to finalize...
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africa i'm talking about bricks of course brazil is russia's largest trade partner in south america the trade turnover is currently standing at around six and a half billion u.s. dollars which isn't that much compared to. russia's european partners but that you want to see this figure exceed ten billion in the near future there's great potential for that sense other already various working projects in two years like energy. aviation car manufacturing and so on before coming to moscow madam president reminded that she's part gary and for her the strip a sort of a return to her roots it's also her birthday today by the way so there is great enthusiasm about this meeting and of course we'll report more about it as soon as it happens here in moscow later on friday. to some other international news in brief now susan rice has been drawn to name from contention for the pace of u.s. secretary of state she's been under fire from republicans ought to have michelle comments on the deadly raid on the american consulate in benghazi and claimed it had not been a terror attack announcement make s
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yes i am but of course i would also add south america. in terms of drug distribution and drug trafficking cocaine and hero in a very much similar to probably amounts of cultivated and produced drugs or about the same as we do in south america you have about one thousand tons of cocaine and in afghanistan you have five hundred to six hundred tons of heroin once such an amount of drugs is produced it starts moving through other countries destabilizing very jeems increasing corruption producing paramilitary groups but their leaders are interested in look just maximizing their profits because their profits skyrocket straight away. they want to have their own ministers their own generals have their own vision for the country start shooting at each other because such groups are numerous there will fight each other and together they fight the government mexico is one example of that they have a huge number of us s. nations some fifty thousand of assess nations judges prosecutors police offices but mexico is indeed a transit country right mexico
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from paraguay, and orchestra of young musicians from islam have been touring south america using instruments constructed entirely from recycled materials. they pulled them from the rubbish dumps around their homes. you can get more on our web sites bbc.com on those stories and many more. the spanish tenor coming go has performed in front of 20,000 people to raise money and awareness for youth orchestra in the violence-plagued city of acapulco. ♪ he was joined by 320 young performers were in july the orchestra was for a risk children between 8-18 years of age. most of the youngsters have little or no music express before joining. a quick update from the central african republic or rebels seized much of the country have renewed their threat to enter the capital. the president says he's ready to form a national anti-government after the coalition launched a rebellion earlier this month. >> the headlines here on bbc world news. politicians in washington are facing another day of intense negotiations. they have got to reach a deal to prevent damaging tax rises and spending cuts. hillary clinton
from paraguay, and orchestra of young musicians from islam have been touring south america using instruments constructed entirely from recycled materials. they pulled them from the rubbish dumps around their homes. you can get more on our web sites bbc.com on those stories and many more. the spanish tenor coming go has performed in front of 20,000 people to raise money and awareness for youth orchestra in the violence-plagued city of acapulco. ♪ he was joined by 320 young performers were in...
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one thousand forty's one thousand seventies you see over four million african-americans leave the south and ways that have never never occurred before. and for new york head first ca go ahead for los angeles. for the first time they were integrated into the american worker economy they were earning enough to be lower middle class homeowners in l.a. and to stab wish it's not exactly a very close similarity to the american dream. choose your language called a weekend with zero in the financial crisis a still some honest. to goodness the concerns get to. choose the opinions that immigrate to mind. choose the stories that impact your life choose the access to your office to. motion would be soon which brightened if you knew about the song from dallas to crash and it's. nice clean stop totty dot com. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada after. the giant corporations are old today. no way did not have the overt history with racism in one head of the south there were no laws that said blacks had to ride in
one thousand forty's one thousand seventies you see over four million african-americans leave the south and ways that have never never occurred before. and for new york head first ca go ahead for los angeles. for the first time they were integrated into the american worker economy they were earning enough to be lower middle class homeowners in l.a. and to stab wish it's not exactly a very close similarity to the american dream. choose your language called a weekend with zero in the financial...
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africa and south america and europe are all represented here box the largest room is reserved for the model. of the move and finally. there is the russia room. the room of mother russia is here are some famous russian symbols such as the kremlin. the first man in space and of course the russian troika and the russian birch tree all the wonders of the motherland are on the same play. and thankfully it also happened to be right next to the ball you are welcome thank you dario. and sergey is much needed. when i got to work on dinner idema told me that this place really is a dream come true the project is the result of a childhood fantasy when i was young i used to dig out small passages as i grew older the passages grew larger that's how a child's dream materialized the structure has been a run for four years i'm glad to know that this has given people some of the moments. full time that i said goodbye to and added to my scandinavian theme drew we're always in for a bit of a surprise. ok i see what they mean now about a hotel with a difference but. it's been such a long day for the radio
africa and south america and europe are all represented here box the largest room is reserved for the model. of the move and finally. there is the russia room. the room of mother russia is here are some famous russian symbols such as the kremlin. the first man in space and of course the russian troika and the russian birch tree all the wonders of the motherland are on the same play. and thankfully it also happened to be right next to the ball you are welcome thank you dario. and sergey is much...
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so the growth in the america, south america and emerging markets. when you look at food service, even on some slower, you know, flattish type growth over the second and third quarters, the margin increases that we've had i think people are starting to see why the combination of these two as you showed earlier, cranes, plus food service equals profit. liz: okay. i mean i definitely see that but you just mentioned europe. where is the growth in your crane business? who is, buying your cranes? sorry, is it asia, or you just mentioned south america s that sort of a brazil pre-olympics play? >> i think actually it is sort of obviously brazil but there is chile, peru, colombia, all have been good markets and so, you know, the americas has been good. if you look at what is going on in the energy and the, the energy and the petro chem type business, the fracking is good type business and boom trucks that has driven the growth. you have australia's been good. russia is coming back. after can has been a good story this year. i think you put all that together
so the growth in the america, south america and emerging markets. when you look at food service, even on some slower, you know, flattish type growth over the second and third quarters, the margin increases that we've had i think people are starting to see why the combination of these two as you showed earlier, cranes, plus food service equals profit. liz: okay. i mean i definitely see that but you just mentioned europe. where is the growth in your crane business? who is, buying your cranes?...
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let's head on into the americas. central portions are looking calm and clear. a storm from the pacific, dropping down from b.c. to central california. chilly showers to post coastal areas. and we'll be seeing some snow, a few inches on the sierra nevadas and moving inland as well. strongest gusts bringing temperatures down in portions of southern california in the next couple of days. out toward the east, we've been watching a stubborn system move away out over the atlantic, but what will be left over is heavy showers in the eastern gulf states as well as in the florida peninsula and you can see some severe thunderstorms erupting there too. here are temperatures. a big drop out in the northeast. new york city, 9 degrees today. 9 in d.c. a drop of 10 degrees between monday and tuesday. further up toward the north. that's your high temperature. winnipeg, minus 20. high temperature, even down to houston, 13 for the high. but overnight lows will be around the freezing point. as for europe, not too much to worry about for western and central locations. potent low br
let's head on into the americas. central portions are looking calm and clear. a storm from the pacific, dropping down from b.c. to central california. chilly showers to post coastal areas. and we'll be seeing some snow, a few inches on the sierra nevadas and moving inland as well. strongest gusts bringing temperatures down in portions of southern california in the next couple of days. out toward the east, we've been watching a stubborn system move away out over the atlantic, but what will be...
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we have central and south america and all of asia including china. there's so many opportunities to grow hello kitty as well, too. if we want to double our company's size, we need more. >> that's your goal. what's the time frame for accomplishing that? >> we're looking for something like five years. in these five years we have increased our market cap for five times larger. and what we want to do is to continue that. 20% to 30% growth. >> and acquisitions as you say will be a key part here. what targets are you looking at and what's funding like for purchases you want to make? >> we have a cash position of close to 400 million u.s. dollars. and we have a deficit stimulus side. basically we don't have debt. we can finance, as well. but we have cash flows. so there's no worry about the cash. >> okay. >> yeah. i was going to -- in terms of extending the brands, how do you embrace the digital arena here in things like ebooks and -- >> yes. we just started amazon.com program with mr. man and little miss. it's really since jettic. especially the small kids
we have central and south america and all of asia including china. there's so many opportunities to grow hello kitty as well, too. if we want to double our company's size, we need more. >> that's your goal. what's the time frame for accomplishing that? >> we're looking for something like five years. in these five years we have increased our market cap for five times larger. and what we want to do is to continue that. 20% to 30% growth. >> and acquisitions as you say will be a...
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now the uncontrolled water mass heads towards the coasts of south america. there, this kind of climate tsunami leads to massive flooding. the people of the piura region on the coast of peru live in constant fear of the el nino. every time this natural disaster strikes, it causes chaos in their lives. >> today there's no trace of the havoc wrought by el niÑo. valentin ruiz's banana plantation is thriving. it will soon be time to harvest. but the peruvian farmer will never forget the day he nearly lost everything. >> the water was up to here. here, where my hand is. this whole land was devastated. today it's fine. we banana producers carried away all the dead earth and planted new banana trees. >> valentÍn ruiz and many other local banana farmers were facing ruin. they survived by joining forces. today, their association numbers 340 banana producers. they export 2 million bananas a week, mainly to europe. it's partly thanks to them that peru is the world's leading exporter of organic bananas. by working together, they're taking preventative action against th
now the uncontrolled water mass heads towards the coasts of south america. there, this kind of climate tsunami leads to massive flooding. the people of the piura region on the coast of peru live in constant fear of the el nino. every time this natural disaster strikes, it causes chaos in their lives. >> today there's no trace of the havoc wrought by el niÑo. valentin ruiz's banana plantation is thriving. it will soon be time to harvest. but the peruvian farmer will never forget the day...